Polarization and Political Violence

While Cambodia is often thought of as a “transitional” democracy and as a case where UN intervention succeeded, the truth is quite different.

In February 2008, Kosovo broke away from Serbia and declared its independence. But to what extent is it making progress toward its goals of sovereignty and democracy?

By expanding itself eastward, the EU has not so much settled the questions surrounding the “borders” of Europe as it has displaced them, changing their focus to take in new…